Christmas
All My Heart This Night Rejoices
- Words:
- Paul Gerhardt, 1656. Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858.
- Music:
- 'Ebeling' or 'Bonn' or 'Warum Sollt Ich' or 'All My Heart This Night' Johann Georg Ebeling, 1666.
- Setting:
- "Chorale Book For England", 1863.
- Metre:
- 8 3 3 6 8 3 3 6
- 1All my heart this night rejoices,As I hear,Far and near,Sweetest angel voices;"Christ is born," their choirs are singing,Till the airEv'rywhereNow with joy is ringing.
- 2For it dawns,‐ the promised morrowOf His birthWho the earthRescues from her sorrow.God to wear our form descendeth,Of His graceTo our raceHere His Son He lendeth:
- 3Yea, so truly for us careth,That His SonAll we've doneAs our off'ring beareth;As our Lamb who, dying for us,Bears our load,And to GodDoth in peace restore us.
- 4Hark! a voice from yonder manger,Soft and sweet,Doth entreat,"Flee from woe and danger;Brethren come, from all doth grieve youYou are freed,All you needI will surely give you."
- 5Come then, let us hasten yonder;Here let all,Great and small,Kneel in awe and wonder.Love Him who with love is yearning;Hail the StarThat from farBright with hope is burning!
- 6Ye who pine in weary sadness, Weep no more, For the doorNow is found of gladness. Cling to Him for He will guide youWhere no cross, Pain or loss, Can again betide you.
- 7Hither come, ye heavy\- hearted, Who for sin Deep within,Long and sore have smarted; For the poison'd wounds you're feelingHelp is near, One is here Mighty for their healing!
- 8Hither come, ye poor and wretched; Know His will Is to fillEvery hand outstretched; Here are riches without measure,Here forget All regret, Fill your hearts with treasure.
- 9Blessed Savior, let me find Thee! Keep Thou me Close to Thee,Cast me not behind Thee! Life of life, my heart Thou stillest,Calm I rest On Thy breast, All this void Thou fillest.
- 10Thee, dear Lord, with heed I'll cherish, Live to Thee, And with TheeDying, shall not perish; But shall dwell with Thee for ever,Far on high In the joy That can alter never.
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 306 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Ebeling, is in 1 hymnal. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.